No Katherine of Aragon

Between the death of Prince Arthur of Wales in 1502 and when she married his younger brother, Henry VIII, in 1509, Katherine of Aragon drifted in a sort of limbo due to the fact that Henry VII was loath to let her dowry go. There were several attempts by Henry VII to remarry (to Giovanna of Naples, Margarethe of Austria, Juana of Castile and even Katherine herself) after Elizabeth of York died.

So what if Henry VII marries Katherine or she dies around the same time as Arthur - in other words, that she cannot marry Henry VIII. What course does English history follow?

Discuss.
 
That really depends on a lot of things. For example, even if a succession question develops ITTL due to the king having only daughters, Henry VIII may never split from the church just because his alt-wife has caused him to surround himself with slightly different people from the ones he was exposed to IOTL and they give him a different philosophical take.

If he doesn't marry a Hapsburg and asks for a divorce, the Pope may be quicker on granting him what he wants, removing any opposition he has to the primacy of Rome.
 
I wonder how Henry might go forward if he were married to Marguerite d'Angouleme? She was for all intents and purposes Anne Boleyn's teacher. And she was extremely intelligent, and after Henry married Anne I've seen several sources point out that that was the characteristic he didn't like her reminding him of. So that might be interesting
 
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